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There is a boundary between addiction and recovery that marks the point of reciprocal passage between these two physical, psychological, and cultural worlds. This edge of recovery can be friend or enemy—friend when approached close enough during active addiction to hear its welcoming call, and enemy, when during recovery, we drift close enough to this(……)

Leonard Campanello, former narcotics officer and now Chief of Police in Gloucester, Massachusetts, has recently proposed three provocative ideas: 1) stop arresting people solely for their status as addicts, 2) establish the police department as a safe haven where people with substance-related problems can get linked to effective treatment and recovery support, and 3) use(……)

On July 27, 2014, the New York Times Editorial Board endorsed the legalization of marijuana–the latest salvo in the cultural wars surrounding drug policy in the United States. Debates over cannabis policy–at least the modern era of such debates–have raged for more than half a century, with arguments growing more nuanced from each side of(……)

Until recently, recovery from addiction was shrouded in public secrecy in the United States and in most other countries. Addiction has long been viewed as a personally and culturally intractable problem, and pessimism has reigned about the prospects of long-term addiction recovery. These perceptions have been fed by the unrelenting public visibility of addiction-related problems,(……)